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Maria Sharapova #5 def. Daniela Hantuchova #8

7-6(2) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2008*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	7-6(2) 6-1
Loser	Daniela Hantuchova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchova
Aces	6	0
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	61	61
First serve points won %	70	48
Second serve points won %	43	45
Break points saved %	73	38
Break points converted %	62	27
Service points won %	59	47
Return points won %	53	41
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchova
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Apr 23, 1983
Age	20	24
Height	188	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	8
Ranking points (entering)	3,526	2,617
Elo (entering)	2,208	1,929
Career W-L	596–174	457–361
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$10,436,407

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 6 – 2 Daniela Hantuchova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2008	R16	Alona Bondarenko	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2008	R32	Eleni Daniilidou	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2008	R64	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2008	SF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3-6 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Daniela Hantuchova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2008	R16	Sania Mirza	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2008	R32	Jie Zheng	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2008	R64	Angela Haynes	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data